Watering apparatus.



No. 725,557. PATBNTED APB.. 14, 1903.

J. R. GOODWIN & w. c. BROWNB.

WATBRING APPARATUS.

APPLAOATION 'FILED APE. 21. 1902.

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WATERINO-'PPARATUS.

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JESSE R. GOODWIN AND WILKIE C. BROWNE, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

WATERING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 725,557, dated April 14, 1903.

Application fuaa April 21, 1902.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that we, JEssER. GOODWIN andWILKIE O.BRoWNE,citizens of the United States, residing'at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, havein.-

vented certain new and-'usefullmprovements in Watering Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and-exact description.

Our invention relates to Watering apparatus which fis particularly suitable 'for sprinkling iiowers in cemeteries and vegetable-gardens. p

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar characters'ofreference indicate corresponding partsin Vall the gures.`

Figure 1 is aside elevation o f the apparatus, showing certain details in section:- Fig. 2is a plan of the apparatus; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section of the tank and its accesseries.

A hollow globular casing lis mountedv upon j a supply-pipe, consisting oftnbular members 2 3, and is provided with a valve4, adapted to rest upon a valve-seat 5.V `Upon a bracket 6 is pivoted a lever 7, and upon this lever is pivoted the valve-stem 8 for'the valve 4. A weight 9 is suspended from this lever, the outer end of the lever beingprovided with notches 10 for the purposeof a'djustingthe position of said Weight. A tank 11 is disposed immediately under thehand-valve 12, so that the latter is free to discharge into said tank. Over the tank and normally engaging the lower end of the hand-valve 12 is a trough 13, normally free to rock,A as indicated. in Figs. 1 and 3. Another hand-valvelt is disposed at the bottom of .the tank in'order to regulate the discharge ofy waterV from Athe tank. The tank 11 is suspended byva link l15 vfrom one end of the lever 7, so as to have a tendency to oppose the eect of the Weight 9: The lever thus having the -weight at one end and the tank at the other is normally free to teeter in theone direction or the other, according to the amount of water contained in the tank. A leaf-spring 15a is providedl with a set-collar 18, secured upon'the supply-pipe 2, and with a rounded bead 16, which engages either the upper or lower side of a boss on the lever 7, according to the position of the lever. The spring 15 has elasticity during one-hour'of eachday.

that the boss 17 can pass the bead 16. Weight 9 now descends and the tank 11 as- Serial No. 103,340. (No model.)

lever in a direction tending to bend the said spring to the left. Y

The member 3 of thesupply-pipe is connected to a hose or to a sprinkler, such as is used periodically-'say in Watering iiowers y Sup-posing the parts to be in the position indicated in Fig.

Ourinvention is used as follows l, and that the tank 11 has about emptied v Y its contents through the hand-valve 14, the

tank being suiciently lightened, the Weight 9 causes the boss 17 to bend the spring 15a, so The cends. The nozzle of the hand-valve 12 being Tin contact with the rocking trough 13, causes the latter to assume the position indicated in Fig. 3. At the same timethe valve 4 is opened automatically. `The member 3 of the supply- .pipe now supplies water for the periodical sprinkling above referred to, and at the same time the hand-valve 12 discharges Water into The tank 11 besufiicientl'y to enable it to move the lever 7, which thereuponagain assumes the position indicated in Fig. 1 and automatically closes the valve.

It may happen that some water remains in the tubular member 3, and this Water is Adrained.out by passing through the handvalve 12 and running down the trough, so as not to cause the tank tooveriiow or disarrange the position' of any part. From Fig. l it will libe seenthat this water is drained off to the right of the tank.

' The general effect is ;that thefdevice is entirely automatic, the tank filling itself every Vday and turning on the-water of thesupplypipe fora predetermined period, so that the Water may be used elsewhere. The tank 11 thus acts not only as a motor for automatically turning the water on and off for some other part of the premises, but may itself act as a wateringapparatus for plants which may be in its immediate vicinity.

The apparatus may be so used as to water ICO a lot or a garden once a day or ot'tener7 as desired.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 5 Patentl. A watering-apparatus, comprising a su pply-pipe provided with an automatic valve for closing the same, and With a depending hand-valve for permitting Water to escape from said pipe, a lever for operating said automatic valve, a receptacle connected with said lever and normally free to move relatively to said hand-valve, a rocking trough mount-ed upon said receptacle and normally engaging said depending hand-Valve, and means for emptying said receptacle, the arrangement being such that said rocking trough diverts the Water into and out of said receptacle, according to the position occupied by said receptacle.

2. A Watering apparatus, comprising a supply-pipe provided With automatic valves and a hand-valve, a bracket mounted upon` said supply-pipe adjacent to said automatic valve; a lever pivotally balanced upon said bracket and connected With said automatic valve for operating the same, said lever being provided with a boss, a spring member mounted upon said supply-pipe and provided with a bead for engaging said boss, a Weight adjustably mounted upon one end of said member, a receptacle mounted upon the other end thereof, said receptacle being provided with a discharge-valve, and means controllable automatically by movements of the lever for diverting Water from the hand-valve into and out of said receptacle.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this speciiication in the presence of the subscribing Witnesses.

JESSE R. GOODWIN. WILKIE C. BROVVNE. Witnesses:

.DANIEL ODoNovAN, WM. I-I. TRUEHEART, Sr., THos. S. HILL. 

